News from BraseltonNewsTODAY - Topics from October, 2012

The Braselton Town Council awarded a $770,000 construction bid to BM&K Construction for renovation of the Braselton Brothers Department store area. BM&K was the lowest bidder of nine potential contractors and came in nearly $500,000 cheaper than the second highest bidder for the renovation of the stores. Architects for the rehabilitation ...
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An abandoned guard shack on Cherry Drive was damaged last week, according to an incident report filed at the Braselton Police Department. An officer on patrol spotted a large amount of broken glass in the driveway near the building. Someone had attempted to break into the building. Other incidents reported to the Braselton Police Department ...
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Hoschton’s departing mayor had two pieces of advice for citizens and city officials on Monday: “Love Thy Neighbor” and keep a tight rein on the city’s finances. In her final regular council meeting, Erma Denney thanked those who supported her during her nearly three-year term as Hoschton’s first female mayor. She is resigning from the ...
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An apparently drunk driver hit a county-owned asphalt spreader on Gum Springs Church Road, according to an incident report from the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office. A woman initially called to report that a truck hit her mailbox and left. A deputy said it also appeared that the driver hit a piece of county-owned road equipment. The deputy ...
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Mayfield Dairy Farms has announced that the company's Visitor Center in Braselton, will reopen to the public on Friday, November 9, 2012. The center has been closed since last fall while the company looked for ways to make it more economically viable. The gift shop and ice cream parlor will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays ...
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The Hoschton City Council approved a funeral home’s rezoning request on Monday to move its business to a former church building — which will now be in the city’s downtown overlay district. The council rezoned a 0.73-acre parcel on the former Hoschton First Baptist Church property on Ga. Hwy. 53 to allow Lawson Funeral Home to relocate ...
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An irate driver who was upset that another driver cut him off on Interstate 85 followed the other driver and hit his vehicle with a tire iron, according to an incident report from the Braselton Police Department. Officers were initially told that a man was standing in the roadway with a gun. That man — a 45-year-old resident of Buford ...
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Anglers wishing to launch their boats at the Bear Creek Reservoir will find it’s 33 percent more expensive and available 25 percent less frequently, thanks to action taken last week by the Upper Oconee Basin Water Authority. The four-county group that owns the 505-acre reservoir voted last Wednesday to increase the cost per boater/fisherman ...
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The Hoschton City Council reversed its decision on Monday to spend sales tax revenue to relocate and partially renovate the Hosch Store. Council members Jim Cleveland, Jim Higginbottom, David Poteet and Sandie Romer voted to deny an amendment to the city’s Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) budget that would have allocated ...
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Two men who operate Braselton Used Auto Sales are facing charges that they stole portions of customers’ tax refunds, according to the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office. Richard K. Wilder and Vince Gillespie were both arrested by the sheriff’s office last week after deputies received numerous complaints that the duo stole their income tax ...
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